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The Egyptian
The Egyptian

Based on the novel by Mika Waltari and helmed by Casablanca director ...

Publication date: January 19, 2010

The Egyptian
The Egyptian

Based on the novel by Mika Waltari and helmed by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, The Egyptian, a lavish period soaper, is set several centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Young Egyptian healer Sinuhe Edmund Purdom (Peter Ustinov) draws the affection of barmaid Merit (Jean Simmons) who seeks his hand in marriage.
Sinuhe provides medical assistance to the epileptic Pharoah, Akhnaton (Michael Wilding), who, meanwhile, becomes convinced that only one god exists, and thus infuriates all of his polytheistic priests, who secretly plot to assassinate him.
Sinuhe has an affair with a Babylonian whore, Nefer (Bella Darvi), but grows listless with her and eventually ends the relationship, harkening back to Merit.
However, she is soon extinguished, with an arrow through the heart, for also being monotheistic.
Angered by this, and believing Akhnaton's ideas directly responsible for Merit's death,
Sinuhe and his muscular friend, the affable Horemheb (Victor Mature) poison the Pharoah. Akhnaton then dies while Horemheb prepares to ascend to the throne.